The White House Briefing Room

April 26, 1999

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
April 26, 1999
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
AND SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
April 23, 1999
In my September 22, 1997, message transmitting the Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification, I
announced that I would provide to the appropriate committees of Congress
the annual certification of the nuclear weapons stockpile by the
Secretaries of Defense and Energy and accompanying report. Enclosed is a
copy of that certification and report.
I am pleased to note the Secretaries' conclusion that the nuclear
stockpile has no safety or reliability concerns that require underground
testing at this time. Problems that have arisen in the stockpile are
being addressed and resolved without underground nuclear testing to
ensure the stockpile remains safe and reliable. In reaching this
conclusion, the Secretaries obtained the advice of the Directors of the
National Weapons Laboratories, the Commander in Chief, United States
Strategic Command, and the Nuclear Weapons Council.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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